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A34 CLOSED AFTER A4185
18:3211 Sept 2026set 14 min ago✓ Checked by us 18:47
A34 CLOSED
AFTER A4185
Overhead sign
On 30 signs on the M4, M3, M27 and A34, including M4 eastbound between J17 and J16. On the signs since at least 15:11 Fri 11 Sept 2026.
Hardshoulder closure
18:4011 Sept 2026reported 6 min ago
- Location
- M4 eastbound between J17 and J16
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Lanes closed
- Hard shoulder closed
- Reason
- Roadworks
- Schedule
- 23:59 Tue 27 Apr 2021 → 18:00 Fri 30 July 2027
Queue after Jct
18:4111 Sept 2026set 5 min ago✓ Checked by us 18:47
QUEUE
AFTER JCT
Overhead sign
QUEUE CAUTION
18:3211 Sept 2026set 15 min ago✓ Checked by us 18:47
QUEUE
CAUTION
Overhead sign
QUEUE AHEAD
18:3211 Sept 2026set 15 min ago✓ Checked by us 18:47
QUEUE
AHEAD
Overhead sign
Congestion caution
18:0711 Sept 2026set 39 min ago✓ Checked by us 18:47
CONGESTION
CAUTION
Overhead sign
Stranded vehicle
18:0511 Sept 2026set 41 min ago✓ Checked by us 18:47
STRANDED
VEHICLE
Overhead sign
M4 eastbound Jct 22 to Jct 21 lane closure 193/3-189/1
18:4011 Sept 2026reported 6 min ago
- Location
- M4 eastbound between J22 and J21
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Lanes closed
- Lane closures
- Reason
- Maintenance work
- Schedule
- 21:00 Fri 11 Sept 2026 → 06:00 Sat 12 Sept 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
M4 eastbound Jct 20 to Jct 19 lane closure 183/9-180/9
18:4011 Sept 2026reported 6 min ago
- Location
- M4 eastbound between J20 and J19
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Lanes closed
- Lane closures
- Reason
- Maintenance work
- Schedule
- 21:00 Fri 11 Sept 2026 → 06:00 Sat 12 Sept 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
M4 eastbound lane 1 and 2 closure (54/6 to 49/8)
18:4011 Sept 2026reported 6 min ago
- Location
- M4 eastbound between J10 and J8
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Lanes closed
- Lane closures
- Reason
- Maintenance work
- Schedule
- 21:00 Fri 11 Sept 2026 → 06:00 Sat 12 Sept 2026
Forecast - not confirmed
Updated 18:47 Fri 11 Sept 2026
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How to find the latest M4 traffic news
Our live M4 feed updates throughout the day with the latest reports on delays, roadworks, accidents, closures and congestion along the M4 motorway. Search by junction number and direction — eastbound or westbound — to focus on the stretch you’re travelling, whether that’s the M25 interchange at Junction 4b, the Severn crossing, the M5 at Almondsbury, or the run into Cardiff and Swansea. A quick check before you leave can save you sitting in avoidable traffic.
Why M4 traffic news changes along the motorway
The Department for Transport counts M4 traffic hour by hour and end to end. What it shows is that the latest M4 news means something different depending on where you are joining the motorway today.
156,491
M4 vehicles a day
at the busiest point, junction 4 by Heathrow — the London commuter end of the M4, where 81% of the traffic is cars.
128,594
a day at Bristol
on the M4 at the M4/M5 interchange — fewer vehicles, but 11,167 lorries and 24,926 vans. The same motorway, carrying a very different kind of traffic.
32%
the M4 rush-hour swing
between the busiest M4 hour (7am) and the quietest (11am) at junction 4. The M4 has a genuine peak, so timing your journey actually helps here.
81
M4 count points
measure this motorway from London to South Wales. It is one of the most closely watched roads in the country, and every M4 accident, delay and roadworks report we publish comes from that network.
So an M4 delay at junction 4 and an M4 delay at junction 19 are not the same problem. That is why this page carries all the latest M4 traffic news together — accidents, crashes, roadworks and lane closures — so you can find the ones on your stretch of the M4 motorway today rather than reading about somebody else’s.
Hourly figures are from the Department for Transport’s own M4 count point beside junction 4, counted on 3 September 2025, published 20 May 2026. Daily figures are Average Annual Daily Flow for 2025.